Nicky Hutchinson

Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson (1944-) was a British photographer, former anarchist, and one-time Labour Party political candidate from Newcastle upon Tyne.

Early life
Dominic Hutchinson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England in 1944, the son of trade unionist Felix Hutchinson and his wife Doris. He was raised in a working-class Catholic household, and he was family friends with local councillor Eddie Wells, while he was childhood friends with George "Geordie" Peacock and Mary Soulsby. Hutchinson was an avid soccer fan during his youth, and he was also politically active at a young age. In 1964, while an eighteen-year-old student at the University of Manchester, Hutchinson travelled to the United States to participate in the emerging Civil Rights movement in New Orleans, spending several months working as an organizer. Upon his return to England, he volunteered to work with Wells in canvassing for the Labour Party candidate Alan Paine ahead of the 15 October 1964 general election, much to his father's disapproval (his father was hostile to the Labour Party due to what he saw as its perceived corruption and empty promises). Hutchinson helped with handing out election flyers and going door-to-door to canvass, and he soon became so involved in political activism that his romantic relationship with Mary came to an end and Geordie moved to London due to Nicky's reconsidering forming a band with Geordie and Geordie's friend (and Mary's new lover) Tosker Cox.

Work for Donohue
Soon, Hutchinson's outspokenness about politics led to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council leader Austin Donohue hiring Hutchinson as his public relations manager; against his father's wishes, Hutchinson decided against returning to university and decided to work for Donohue full-time. Hutchinson soon grew distrusting of Donohue's business dealings with the shady businessman John Edwards, and he also grew frustrated when he was told to help the progressive Tory Arthur Watson with his 1966 re-election campaign. Ultimately, he resigned after becoming disillusioned with the modern Labour Party, as Donohue told him that the future was in televised speeches and not in the street-corner speeches which Hutchinson loved.

Anarchist phase
Hutchinson, disillusioned by the Labour Party, became involved with the anarchist movement, which had first approached him a year earlier when Neil Boyce attempted to convince him to attend their meetings. Hutchinson began a relationship with Helen Windsor, a middle-class anarchist, and Helen's arrogance and condescension - as well as Nicky's newfound political views - drove away Mary and Tosker, who no longer recognized Nicky. Rather than help Eddie Wells with revealing Donohue's corruption, Hutchinson instead decided to travel to London to follow his dream of becoming a photographer.